Publication Type
Conference Poster
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
10-2022
Abstract
We interviewed 10 autistic livestreamers to understand their motivations for livestreaming on Twitch. Our participants explained that streaming helped them fulfill social desires by: supporting them in making meaningful social connections with others; giving them a safe space to practice social skills like “small talk”; and empowering them to be autistic role models and to share their true selves. This work offers an early report on how autistic individuals leverage livestreaming as a beneficial social platform while struggling with audience expectations.
Keywords
autism, livestreaming, online communities, social interaction, Twitch
Discipline
Information Security
Research Areas
Information Systems and Management
Publication
Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Athens, Greece, 2022 October 23-26
ISBN
9781450392587
Identifier
10.1145/3517428.3550400
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
City or Country
New York
Citation
MOK, Terrance; TANG, Anthony; MCCRIMMON, Adam; and OEHLBERG, Lora.
Social access and representation for autistic adult livestreamers. (2022). Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Athens, Greece, 2022 October 23-26.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7893
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550400